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United States Patent | 5,262,214 |
Instance | November 16, 1993 |
A method of producing a succession of self-adhesive labels on a length of release material, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a length of release material which is coated on one side thereof with a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive; (b) providing a length of laminar material; (c) disposing a succession of multi-laminar label pieces between the laminar material and the adhesive layer on the release material; (d) cutting through the length of laminar material as far as the release material around the label pieces so as to form a succession of self-adhesive labels on the release material; and (e) removing from the release material waste portions of the laminar material and of the layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive which surround the self-adhesive labels. The present invention also provides a self-adhesive label.
Inventors: | Instance; David J. (Guinea Hall, Sellindge, Kent TN25 6EG, GB) |
Appl. No.: | 856146 |
Filed: | March 27, 1992 |
PCT Filed: | September 28, 1990 |
PCT NO: | PCT/GB90/01486 |
371 Date: | March 27, 1992 |
102(e) Date: | March 27, 1992 |
PCT PUB.NO.: | WO91/04850 |
PCT PUB. Date: | April 18, 1991 |
Sep 28, 1989[GB] | 8921924 | |
May 01, 1990[GB] | 9009712 |
Current U.S. Class: | 428/42.1; 156/227; 156/269; 156/270; 156/277; 156/301; 283/81; 428/43; 428/136; 428/138; 428/202; 428/203 |
Intern'l Class: | B31D 001/02 |
Field of Search: | 428/40,41,42,43,136,138,202,203 156/227,269,270,277,301 283/81 40/299 |
4544590 | Oct., 1985 | Egan | 428/41. |
4621442 | Nov., 1986 | Mack | 428/40. |
4744591 | May., 1988 | Instance | 428/40. |
4868027 | Sep., 1989 | Hunkeler | 428/40. |
5127676 | Jul., 1992 | Bockairo | 428/42. |
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